Not sure just yet what my take is on this question. There are at least two different things that people are talking about when they discuss positives and negatives in regards to human behavior.

1. A person who looks for the best in situations vs. a person who sees the worst in every situation.

2. A person who is good at keeping people on track by narrowing their perspective to something that can actually be accomplished vs. a person who often sets unrealistic goals.

By the first definition, everyone wants to be a positive person. By the second, everyone wants to be dead center or at least work with someone who is on the opposite side of the equation and will balance your tendency out.

This presents a dilemma for the person who leans toward the negative side of the second scenario. What do they call themselves. The first definition has tarnished the name of “negative person”, so they can’t call themselves negative people, nor can they call themselves realists, as the artistic people of this generation and last decided that realists hamper creativity, which is not always true. In fact without an idealist working with a realist, very little great art ever happens.

I have a solution.

We could teach everyone Latin and then we wouldn’t have this problem.